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.TH sys_utsname.h "0P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
.\"
.SH PROLOG
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
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.SH NAME
sys/utsname.h
\(em system name structure
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <sys/utsname.h>
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.IR <sys/utsname.h> 
header shall define the structure
.BR utsname
which shall include at least the following members:
.sp
.RS 4
.nf

char  sysname[]  \fRName of this implementation of the operating system.\fR
char  nodename[] \fRName of this node within the communications\fR
                 \fRnetwork to which this node is attached, if any.\fR
char  release[]  \fRCurrent release level of this implementation.\fR
char  version[]  \fRCurrent version level of this release.\fR
char  machine[]  \fRName of the hardware type on which the system is running.\fR
.fi
.P
.RE
.P
The character arrays are of unspecified size, but the data stored in
them shall be terminated by a null byte.
.P
The following shall be declared as a function and may also be defined
as a macro:
.sp
.RS 4
.nf

int uname(struct utsname *);
.fi
.P
.RE
.LP
.IR "The following sections are informative."
.SH "APPLICATION USAGE"
None.
.SH RATIONALE
None.
.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS"
None.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017,
.IR "\fIuname\fR\^(\|)"
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.SH COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
.PP
Any typographical or formatting errors that appear
in this page are most likely
to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to
man page format. To report such errors, see
https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
